Definitions for maitreya
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Princeton's WordNet
Maitreya(noun)
the Bodhisattva who is to appear as a Buddha 5000 years after the death of Gautama
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Maitreya(ProperNoun)
A bodhisattva who is considered, in Buddhism, to be a future Buddha.
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